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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.

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That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind me. I was working like a fool to earn a living and pay for my apartment.

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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.

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Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother.

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I was in New York. Hitchcock was in California. He rang me to make a report on his progress and said, I'm having trouble. I've just sacked my second screenwriter.

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I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

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I hope it will be set in California. In a way, I made a mistake, because a New Jersey policeman can't operate that way in New York. But in California, he can move between different counties.

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I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.

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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.

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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: January 19th, 1921

Died: February 4th, 1995

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